The father of Dr. Peking University took his 5-year-old son to read "idle" books, and was ridiculed by his daughter-in-law for doing useless work, but after his son went to primary school, he took the first exam and became a "small encyclopedia" in the mouth of teachers and classmates.
A Peking University doctor father parenting style is very strange, do not take the child to the early education class, but take him to read "idle books" every day, the daughter-in-law said that you do not teach the child some useful knowledge, the future to go to primary school will suffer losses.
He took his son to read geography science picture books every day, told the child some Chinese geography, the daughter-in-law felt that the child was too small to understand, he still took his son to read every day, and after reading it, he let the child repeat the content just now according to the book, and as a result, the son not only scored first in the second exam after going to primary school, but also was called "small encyclopedia" by teachers and classmates. He has won many awards in speech contests and knowledge contests.
1-6 years old is the most memorable period for infants and young children, when repetitive image-assisted reading helps children remember more deeply. At this time, it is not necessary to teach children too much knowledge at the primary school stage, but to broaden their thinking and broaden their horizons, that is, to enter a large number of common sense vocabulary, and a lot of reading can help children lay a solid foundation for future learning.
When his son was 5 years old, he took his son to read the picture book "Our China" every day, and after reading it for 3 months, the child had memorized the contents of the entire book, and there were forbidden cities, summer palaces, prayer halls, Peking opera, horsehead qin, summer resorts, and coal mines in Datong in North China. In East China, there are Nanchang Tengwang Pavilion, Nanfeng Orange, Confucius, Kunqu Opera, Leifeng Pagoda, Penglai Pavilion, Hengdian Film and TELEVISION City, Lushan Waterfall and so on.
In which province is each place in? Where? What's the view? What snacks are available? What is the origin of each place? What stories have happened, etc., children can tell the truth. The sense of direction, the sense of space, the memory is great.
Why should you take your children to read history and geography picture books, because they belong to the general knowledge, which is of great help to children's thinking, comprehension ability, sense of space, and sense of direction.
First, develop the right brain, cultivate a sense of space, three-dimensional sense
Many children are not good at mathematics, in the final analysis, the sense of numbers is not good, and the geographical picture book comes with the longitude and latitude prompts of the east, west, south and north, to help children establish a sense of direction and depth, and cultivate the depth of the problem from the longitudinal perspective and the breadth of the horizontal view of the problem.
The child's sense of space is responsible for the right brain, which is the child's perception of himself and the things around him, and judges the relationship between people and things in space and distance. Children who read more geographical picture books will have a better foundation in mathematics, physics and chemistry in the future.
He said that when his son grew up reading such picture books and maps, the names of Various Provinces and Places in China were clear, and even the location could be blurted out.
2. Accumulate encyclopedic knowledge
The size of the amount of reading determines the amount of children's reserves, and children who read a lot have stronger comprehension and see problems more deeply. And read more geography books, children not only know the place name and location of a place, but also know the mountains, rivers, landscapes, food, traditional customs, etc.
This type of book is called an encyclopedia, which is very helpful for children's accumulation of encyclopedic knowledge. Laying the foundation for primary school in the future, children will become confident, cheerful and talkative when they read.
Third, multidisciplinary intersection
Geography is a highly comprehensive discipline, and geography contains knowledge of language, history, politics, humanities, economics, biology and other disciplines. Children with rich geographical knowledge usually have better comprehension and memory skills, and reading geography picture books exercises the child's comprehensive ability, which is of great benefit to the child's cognitive cultivation and the cultivation of future learning ability.
Many children from Kochi families take him to do geographical enlightenment after the age of 2, in order to stimulate children's curiosity and cultivate encyclopedic thinking.
Fourth, the combination of seeing and traveling stimulates children's curiosity
"Reading thousands of books, walking thousands of miles", both are children's way to obtain knowledge, children are reading books with their eyes, pulling with small hands, pushing and pushing, 3D stereoscopic books will present Chinese architecture to children in a three-dimensional way, stimulating their desire to explore.
At the same time, reading is not enough, parents sometimes take their children to the places where they have read, and use time to verify whether these attractions exist and whether they are as stated in the book. For 2-6 year olds, this is the most meaningful enlightenment.